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Cairo, WV

135 Population
0.5 square miles 285.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.1 ±11.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ritchie County: 47.2 ±0.7
  • about 1.4 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$22,313 ±$6,646 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ritchie County: $26,336 ±$2,451
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$29,650 ±$9,139 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ritchie County: $50,256 † ±$5,151
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

40.7% ±29.5% (55  ±49) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Ritchie County: 21.7% † 1,785 (±3.6% / ±296)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

24.3 minutes ±27 (1,020  ±785) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ritchie County: 31.8 † 85,530 (±4.2 / ±13,944)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

71 ±38 Number of households
  • Ritchie County: 3,327 ±160
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
1.9 ±1.4 (135  ±70) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ritchie County: 2.5 8,332 (±0.1 / ±2)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

105 ±40 Number of housing units
  • Ritchie County: 4,187 ±29
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$71,500 ±$27,672 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ritchie County: $107,800 ±$8,148
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

3.7% ±14.2% (5  ±19.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Ritchie County: 7% † 576 (±2.9% / ±238.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

88.5% ±31.4% (100  ±60.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ritchie County: 84.4% 5,227 (±5.8% / ±362.2)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
3.5% ±31% (4  ±35.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ritchie County: 12.8% † 796 (±2.9% / ±177.7)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

19.8% ±24.7% (24  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Ritchie County: 8.4% † 564 (±1.8% / ±124)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
24 Total veterans ±32 24 Male ±32 N/A Female ±13

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